提筆

See also: 提笔

Chinese

		to carry; to lift; to put forward to carry; to lift; to put forward; (upwards character stroke); lifting (brush stroke in painting); to mention; carry (suspended)	pen; pencil; writing brush pen; pencil; writing brush; to write or compose; the strokes of Chinese characters
trad. (提筆)		提	筆
simp. (提笔)		提	笔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tíbǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧˊ ㄅㄧˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tai⁴ bat¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thì-pit
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thê-pit

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tíbǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧˊ ㄅㄧˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tíbǐ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻi²-pi³
    • Yale: tí-bǐ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyibii
    • Palladius: тиби (tibi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi³⁵ pi²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tai⁴ bat¹
    • Yale: tàih bāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tai⁴ bat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: tei⁴ bed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰɐi̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thì-pit
    • Hakka Romanization System: tiˇ bid`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ti² bid⁵
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰi¹¹ pit̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thê-pit
    • Tâi-lô: thê-pit
    • Phofsit Daibuun: te'pid
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰe²⁴⁻²² pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰe²⁴⁻²² pit̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰe¹³⁻²² pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ pit̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰe²³⁻³³ pit̚³²/

Verb

提筆

1. to take up one's pen; to start to write

Synonyms

• 作文 (zuòwén) (to write an essay or composition)
• 執筆／执笔 (zhíbǐ)
• 寫作／写作 (xiězuò)
• 寫字／写字 (xiězì)
• 屬文／属文 (zhǔwén) (literary, to compose prose)
• 援筆／援笔 (yuánbǐ) (literary)
• 撰 (zhuàn) (literary, or in compounds)
• 撰寫 (zhuànxiě)
• 撰著 (zhuànzhù) (to write a book)
• 撰述 (zhuànshù) (formal)
• 書寫／书写 (shūxiě)
• 筆耕／笔耕 (bǐgēng) (literary)
• 綴文／缀文 (zhuìwén) (literary, to write a composition)
• 編寫／编写 (biānxiě)
• 著作 (zhùzuò)
• 著述 (zhùshù)
• 行文 (xíngwén)
• 行筆／行笔 (xíngbǐ) (literary, to write an essay or composition)
• 製作／制作 (zhìzuò)
• 譔文／撰文 (zhuànwén) (to write an article)

 

Derived terms

• 提筆忘字／提笔忘字 (tíbǐwàngzì)